Tech on Tap: How our brains influence food preference
June 22, 2023
6-8 p.m.
 
Port City Brewing Company
3950 Wheeler Ave
Alexandria, VA 22304

Why do we crave certain foods? Please join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute for an evening with Alexandra DiFeliceantonio as she presents her research on how the brain guides food selection and eating habits. An appetitive neuroscientist, Alexandra uses multimodal brain imaging and metabolic measures to study food motivation and ask new questions about diet, food choice, and addiction. This interactive session will include a presentation, Q&A, and an opportunity to interact with Alexandra in small groups during a networking session.
 
More on Alexandra DiFeliceantonio. While completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Sweet Briar College, she became interested in reward learning and motivation. This led her to pursue a master’s degree and doctorate in biopsychology from the University of Michigan, where she studied how opioids alter motivation in animal models. During her postdoctoral training at Yale University and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Germany, Dr. DiFeliceantonio examined the role of post-ingestive dopamine signaling in eating behavior and food choices.
 
Cost is $10 to attend and includes a $5 gift to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Annual Fund. An opportunity to make an additional donation to the Health Behaviors Research Fund will be provided at checkout for those who would like to contribute.
 
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Christi Lineberry at 540-231-8854 or email cbragg@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Please be prepared to show your confirmation email at check-in. This will be your ticket into the event. Please arrive with everyone in your party.